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November 7, 2011
Stormy Boudreaux, Former SR-71 and U-2 Pilot, to give talk
One of only twelve pilots who have flown operational sorties in both U-2 and SR-71 aircraft, Stormy Boudreaux will give talk at Purdue on November 10, @ 6:15pm in ARMS 1010.
October 20, 2011
Outstanding Aerospace Engineers Award 2011
The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is pleased to have honor ten graduates with the designation "Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award."
October 19, 2011
October 17, 2011
Michael Moses, MSAAE'95; OAE'11 announced as VP Operations - Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic has announced the appointment of former NASA executive as Vice President of Operations. Mike Moses, MSAAE'95; OAE'11 will oversee the planning and execution of all operations for the company's commercial suborbital spaceflight program at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
October 11, 2011
Brian Pomeroy receives the AIAA Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award
Brian Pomeroy, a graduate student in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has received the AIAA Martin Summerfield Propellants and Combustion Graduate Award.
September 13, 2011
Students building rocket for moon vehicle
AAE students are part of a team working on a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon. The work is part of the NASA-funded Project Morpheus, which includes research to develop new technologies for future trips to the moon, Mars or asteroids.
September 12, 2011
Purdue Scientist part of NASA mission; 6 students including Loic Chappaz - Prof. Kathleen Howell's MS student, watch launch.
Forty-two years after alumnus Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon's surface, a Purdue University professor is part of a NASA lunar mission set to reveal what lies beneath from crust to core.
August 24, 2011
August 23, 2011
AAE Student Published in Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research
Nicole Arockiam, BSAAE'11 published in the Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research.